Douglas Wolf

ESTP Congress
wolftoxrisk@gmail.com
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Dr. Wolf is currently retired from formal work. Dr. Wolf graduated from the University of Missouri with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and, after 6 years in clinical veterinary practice, attended Purdue University where he completed a pathology residency and received a research Ph.D. in Veterinary Pathology. Dr. Wolf was a staff scientist for 6 years at the Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology where he studied chemical carcinogenesis. From 1997 until 2013, Dr. Wolf held various positions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, initially as a Principal Investigator at the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL), where he continued research in chemical carcinogenesis and molecular pathology. Dr. Wolf held several formal leadership roles at the US EPA as a Branch Chief in the Environmental Carcinogenesis Division, Director of the Toxicology Assessment Division, Assistant Laboratory Director in NHEERL and Director of the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. He received numerous awards for innovative work at the US EPA to provide solutions to improve regulatory science and decision-making. In November 2013, he joined Syngenta Crop Protection as Regional Lead for Toxicology and Health Sciences in North America. In January 2019, Dr. Wolf was appointed a Senior Syngenta Fellow, as which he led international efforts to advance science-based risk assessment focusing on crop protection chemicals and progressing the development and qualification of new approach methods in the service of decreasing the use of animals in chemical evaluation until his retirement in March 2024. Dr. Wolf has authored or coauthored over 165 journal articles, book chapters, and technical reports and has presented at numerous national and international scientific meetings. Dr. Wolf has participated in numerous scientific advisory boards reviewing health effects and risk assessments. In 2004, he was elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Toxicologic Pathologists and in 2007 a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences.